Lot n° 73
Estimation :
1600 - 2100
EUR
Seated figure wearing a sex cover. - Lot 73
Seated figure wearing a sex cover.
Beige ceramic, traces of manganese oxides.
Height: 15.5 cm.
Olmec culture - Xochipala, ca. 1200-500 B.C. J.-C.
Mexico, Guerrero state.
Missing feet and hands. Broken and glued.
Provenance: Marché de l'art français, 2019.
Allan L. Long Collection - New York
Appraisal:
Spencer THROCKMORTON III, M.A, N.Y.
Bibliography, for similar examples:
BERJONNEAU G. - SONNERY JL, Arts précolombiens, Mexique, Guatemala, Chefs d'œuvres inédits, Editions Arts 135, Paris, 1985 n°303.
GAY C.T.E "Xochipala: the beginnings of olmec Art", the Art Museum, Princeton University, 1974, Fig. 11-A, 17.
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